2 Kings 4:28 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:28

Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

KJV

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Did I desire a son of my lord? - I expressed no such wish to thee; I was contented and happy; and when thou didst promise me a son, did I not say, Do not deceive me? Do not mock me with a child which shall grow up to be attractive and engaging, but of whom I shall soon be deprived by death.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

She said - This child was not given to me upon my immoderate desire, for which I might have justly been thus chastised, but was freely promised by thee in God's name, and from his special favour.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּי	ha.sha.'Al.ti	¿ did I ask for	H7592 →
בֵ֖ן	ven	a son	H1121 →
מֵאֵ֣ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
אֲדֹנִ֑י	'a.do.Ni	lord my	H113 →
הֲלֹ֣א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
אָמַ֔רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	did I say	H559 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תַשְׁלֶ֖ה	tash.Leh	you must deceive	H7952 →
אֹתִֽי׃	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 4:16
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
leads to
- Genesis 18:10
  Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the…
- Luke 1:13
  But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Genesis 18:12–15
  So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Genesis 17:21
  But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
- Genesis 17:16–17
  And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
Through
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
leads to
- Job 5:2
  For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Genesis 29:31
  When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 37:11
  And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings